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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A cursory look at the best-performing exchange-traded funds so far this year shows that many recently introduced funds, such as those tracking commodities and offerings designed to short stocks, were the rare winners in a tough first quarter for investors.

FOOD prices are soaring, a wealthier Asia is demanding better food and farmers can't keep up. In short, the world faces a food crisis and in some places it's already boiling over.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- International Business Machines said late Monday it learned it has been temporarily suspended from new business with federal agencies because of an ongoing procurement probe. The Environmental Protection Agency is probing possible procurement integrity violations by IBM employees. IBM also said it has been served with grand jury subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia to provide testimony and documents related to EPA business.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- BMC Software Inc. said late Monday the antitrust waiting period for its acquisition of BladeLogic Inc. has ended early. Earlier in the month, BMC offered $28 a share for BladeLogic in a deal valued at about $800 million.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Market self-regulatory organizations late Monday warned traders against circulating any 'sensational rumors that might reasonably be expected to affect market conditions' as well as trading on material, non-public information. 'Intentionally spreading false rumors or engaging in collusive activity to impact the financial condition of an issuer will not be tolerated and will be vigorously and aggressively investigated,' said the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the NYSE Regulation, Inc., and participants of the Options Regulatory Surveillance Authority, in a joint release. Although the organizations did not mention any specific companies, Bear Stearns Cos. executives had complained unfounded rumors of liquidity problems triggered actual flights of capital, leading to the firm's near collapse. market pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

AP - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in Monday's auction with three-month bills rising to the highest level in four weeks.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A cursory look at the best-performing exchange-traded funds so far this year shows that many recently introduced funds, such as those tracking commodities and offerings designed to short stocks, were the rare winners in a tough first quarter for investors.

Angry investors are suing some of Wall Street's biggest brokers because they can't access money they poured into investments, known as auction-rate securities, that have long been billed as short-term and low-risk.

Some elections are about change. Tuesday's state judicial election in Wisconsin is a vote about resisting change; short-sighted, invidious, cynical change, opines CBS News chief legal analyst Andrew Cohen.

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr:NS: VALERO LP Outlook: Short New low on 16.91 times average volume: 2,772,499 vs. 164,002(tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume)GU: GUSHAN ENVIROMENTAL ENERGY LIMITED Outlook: Long New high on 11.79 times average volume: 5,590,348 vs. 474,318(tags: long, New High on Huge Volume)HURN: HURON CONSULTING GROUP INC Outlook: [...]